DevOps Engineer Senior Staff

Company: Lockheed Martin
Location: Fort George G Meade
Posted on: April 3, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description This position is participating in our External Referral Program. If you know somebody who may be a fit, click here to submit a referral. If your referral is hired, you'll receive a $3000 payment! code-extrefer This position may be eligible for up to $25K sign on bonus for external hires! WHAT WE'RE DOING: Lockheed Martin, Cyber & Intelligence invites you to step up to one of today’s most daunting challenges: the evolving threat of cyber warfare. As a cyber security professional at Lockheed Martin, you’ll protect the networks that our citizens and the world depend upon each minute. Here, you’ll work with cybersecurity experts on the forefront of threat protection and proactive prevention. In this fast-paced, real-world environment, you’ll draw on all your education and experience as well as the resources of Lockheed Martin to keep the threats at bay. THE WORK: The GG DevOps SWE is in an extremely customer facing role leading multi faceted mission critical system development, deployment and evolution. The successful candidate will be focusing on the development, deployment, and administration of complex systems using C++ or Python, Kubernetes, and GPU technologies. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of our satellite communication systems, from development to deployment, and will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure software meets user requirements. The following are the primary functions of the position: DevOps Engineering: ? Design, implement, and maintain DevOps pipelines for C++ or Python applications, utilizing Kubernetes/K8 deployment and administration, Helm chart creation, and pod definition. Kubernetes Administration: ? Manage and configure Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. Debugging and Defect Correction: ? Identify, debug, and correct defects in existing software, utilizing effective troubleshooting techniques to resolve issues efficiently. GPU Configuration and Support: ? Configure and optimize GPU resources for performance-critical applications, utilizing CUDA or other relevant technologies. Automated Testing and Deployment: ? Implement automated testing and deployment scripts, utilizing tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD. Collaboration: ? Work closely with cross-functional teams, including system architects, and project managers, to ensure software meets user requirements and is delivered on schedule. Documentation: ? Maintain comprehensive documentation for software designs, processes, and interfaces to facilitate knowledge sharing and project continuity. WHO WE ARE: The program drives bold analysis, visionary design, relentless development, seamless integration, rigorous testing and swift deployment, iron?clad securing, cutting?edge modernization, and steadfast operations?and?maintenance (O&M) through to decisive decommissioning of RF and optical capabilities. WHY JOIN US: Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package. We support our employees, so they can support our mission. RMSGG2026 Basic Qualifications ? Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 20 years or more of professional experience. Considered an expert, authority in discipline. ? Possess all capabilities as defined by the GG Statement of work (SOW) Appendix B for the USG standard SWE labor category level 3. You must possess the requisite security clearance and polygraphs to apply to this position Desired skills - Kubernetes - Cluster design, deployment, and lifecycle management - Rancher, RKE2 implementation - Control?plane component configuration & troubleshooting - Worker?node management, configuration, and lifecycle automation - Workload management (scheduling, affinity, resources, scaling) - High?availability cluster configuration - Cluster monitoring, networking, and storage - Storage classes, PVC, PC, integration with external storage systems - Security concepts & implementation (RBAC, service accounts, secrets, certificate management, policy engines) - Helm familiarity - CKA certification – a plus - Kubernetes application development / deployment principles - CNCF projects & tools - DevOps principles - GitOps, builds, pipelines - Networking - Switching, routing, VLANs - Advanced Linux (RHEL / Rocky / EL9) - OS configuration & troubleshooting - Service management - Hardening - PXE boot & automated OS deployment - Ansible - Playbook design - Role development - Collection creation & management - Development & Scripting - Python familiarity - Bash scripting experience - Go (desired) - YAML & JSON manipulation - Git workflows - Software testing - Unit?testing knowledge/experience - Collaboration & Communication - Cross?functional team collaboration - Stakeholder communication & requirements gathering - Presenting technical concepts to non?technical audiences - Domain knowledge - RF data?processing familiarity - RF application development familiarity Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics. The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration. * At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility. If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications. Other Important Information By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings. Ability to work remotely Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. Work Schedule Information Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits. Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $150,800 - $265,880. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year. This position is incentive plan eligible. Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $173,400 - $300,495. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. This position is incentive plan eligible.

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